Bay of Bengal Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts
Version: January 2019
‘Bay of Bengal Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts’ intends to present the very first instructions to build local frameworks for Ocean Literacy in the littoral countries of Bay of Bengal; Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. This document can be used as a practical resource to create contents on Bay of Bengal literacy by educators, communicators, and journalists throughout formal and informal learning environments including schools, colleges, madrasahs, libraries, museums, aquariums, parks, community-based media, performing arts, and other knowledge and information centers.
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Development of Bay of Bengal Literacy Guidebook
Based on Essential Principles and Fundamental Concept of Ocean Literacy developed by Ocean Literacy Network in the United States, and following the Great Lakes Literacy framework as a model, a group of scientists, experts, communicators, and educators in Bangladesh worked to prepare this first version of Bay of Bengal Literacy. The development was initiated under a project run by Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE) with support from Internews’ Earth Journalism Network’s Bay of Bengal Organizational Grant (the grant is funded by the Climate Justice Resilience Fund). During that project from July 2018 to February 2019, Md Kutub Uddin and SM Rezaul Karim led the efforts as the Facilitator and Research Associate respectively.
Contributors
- Md Kutub Uddin, VOICE
- SM Rezaul Karim, VOICE
- Nazia Naoreen Mumu, Bay of Bengal Stewardship
- Dr. Kazi Ahsan Habib, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
- Mahatub Khan Badhon, University of Dhaka
- Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique, Bay of Bengal Stewardship
- Sheikh Rokon, Riverine People
- Fahmida Khalique Nitu, National University
The guidebook was greatly benefitted from the following works;
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